Posted on 04/14/2010 5:14:21 PM PDT by Chet 99
9-Year Old Badly Hurt In Pit Bull Attack By Michael George SHEBOYGAN- 9-year old A.J. Sterling is recovering at home after being attacked by a pit bull. His injuries are severe, and his parents are angry with the dog’s owners.
Witness Connor Lieser tells TODAY’S TMJ4 the attack appeared to be unprovoked, as the boy was reaching down to pet the dog.
Maria Ramirez and Afero Sterling, parents of A.J., just watched him go through plastic surgery. He was bitten on the face by the pit bull just one block from his home in Sheboygan.
“I wouldn’t want any child to go through that, let alone any person. It’s just really hard,” said Ramirez.
Police say the dog was being walked by a 12-year old girl on the sidewalk. A.J.’s parents say their son told them he was talking to the girl when the dog started growling. A.J. says he was backing away.
“That’s when the dog lunged at him. He said it bit him in the face, drug him across the ground, and that’s when it ripped his cheek off,” said Afero Sterling.
The gruesome injury described by Afero is confirmed by witness and police accounts.
Police will be checking whether the dog has a history of violence or has rabies. For now, the dog is on quarantine at the owner’s home. A.J.’s parents say they were told the dog was originally rescued from an abusive or neglectful background. They say the dog’s current owners are to blame for the attack.
“That dog needs to be put to sleep. To have a 12-year old girl walk around a pit bull with a history of abuse and neglect and violence, it’s just absurd to me,” said Maria Ramirez.
A.J. is now out of the hospital and recovering at home, but he will likely need more plastic surgery in 6 months. Police are still investigating to determine whether any charges will be filed against the owner or whether the dog will be surrendered or put down.
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The mother was being tested for toxicology afterwards to determine why she didn’t wake up.
I’ve broken up Dobe fights.
It’s not that different.
Pits do NOT have magical “locking jaws” and their jaws have a *much* weaker bite than a Dobermann.
[in fact, if by some bizarre turn of events, I ~had~ to make a choice between being attacked by a pit or a Dobe, I’d take the pit, hands down]
I stand in awe of the man and wouldn’t even dare to compare myself to him.
I admire his work, watch his show some times but oddly enough, never buy his books.
There are more concise and well-written books on dog behavior and positive reinforcement available.
Milan is *great* on TV but his methods don’t particularly translate well into the written word.
He understands what we keep trying to reiterate here: they are DOGS.
They do *not* have motives/agendas/conscious murderous thoughts.
They are DOGS acting like DOGS.
He trains the -people-; not the dogs, because, to a fault, it’s the people who are screwing up.
Just open a vein and pump in some blackstrap molasses.
You are correct,,,
I have no other choice at this point,,,
This is done with an east wind,,,
Harley is kept inside during my “gas attack” on this
trash/thugs next door,,,
I have no other choice to keep these pits from coming
over my wire to kill him or me in this battle,,,
This is total war to keep us alive,,,
All it takes is an east wind...
You wrote:Careful son, you might split your pants
and being a psychic is a form of making it personal. ****** making it personal again ad hominom attack in action
You keep doing what you accuse others of doing. Democrats do that all the time...LOL
The little one’s an insult to Alice Cooper.
I don’t know *what* the big one is.
[literally]
“You wrote:Careful son, you might split your pants and being a psychic is a form of making it personal. ****** making it personal again ad hominom attack in action”
Is there anyone here who can “interpret” this for me?
Whatever language it is, I don’t speak it.
Some folks will just never get it,,,
Just don’t care about private property...
Just GAS the Basturds!!!...
A: You have no idea what the “Mason Dixon Line” is
[as *pathetic* as ~that~ attempt at geographical ad hominem was]
B: If that’s how *you* make a bear kill shot, remind me never to take you to into the wilds of western MD.
Lordy, the other people are right.
This *is* like “kicking a cripple”.
I refuse to argue with Kzinti sympathizers. Remember Wunderland!
Whatever language it is, I don’t speak it.
~~~
You don’t seem to understand Anything!!!...
Betcha he never tried it with a 9 hand Shetland and 15.4 hand QH....you gotta be *really* flexible....LOL
‘Democrats do that all the time...LOL “
We already used that angle.
Come up with something original.
Leave parroting things to the Mynahs.
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